Hooray for spending.
The best explanation of the Yankees’ spree came from Joel Sherman of the New York Post (I think).
It goes back to the Yankees (bad) decision to pursue Randy Johnson instead of Carlos Beltran. They spent on Johnson, who stunk, and still had a whole in centerfield ... and probably still do unless Melky blossoms big time ... or Gardner works out ... or Johnny Damon develops an amazing arm, perhaps via surgery to replace his elbow tendon with that of, well, really anyone else.
Sherman’s reasoning was thus: The Yankees were going to spend the Teixeira money on someone of lesser talent next year to address the same problem, so why not do it now and get the guy they wanted?
Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui and Xavier Nady all come off the books next season, and the Yanks cleared more payroll this year thatn they added. So, for a team the allegedly could spend whatever it wanted, it makes sense on the field and on the payroll.
Brian Cashman is smart and savvy ... but mostly a masochist.
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